Category Archives: Novels read

A list of the novels and biographies I read in 2017. For the most part these are the reading I do which is not related to work, though some of the biographies blur that line. A mixed bag, of which … Continue reading →

Not all novels, and many more biographies in here then previous years, but these were the (mainly) non-work books I read in 2016. John Fowles, Daniel Martin Mason Currey, Daily Rituals: How Artists Work (non-fiction) Helga Schneider, Let Me Go: … Continue reading →

I began 2015 with the manuscript of a book under the title Foucault’s Last Decade close, I thought, to completion. But it was far too long. In the end, I cut the first two long chapters out, and submitted a book … Continue reading →

These are the novels or non-fiction I read as a break from work-related reading in 2015. Not as many as previous years, which was mainly due to a slow start. Daniel Coyle and Tyler Hamilton, The Secret Race: Inside the … Continue reading →

Over the past few years I’ve been keeping lists of novels read – you can see the list from the first part of 2014 here. These are the ones I read between June and now. Back in June I said a … Continue reading →

I got back earlier today from two enjoyable days at the University of Basel for the ‘New Developments in Theory’ lecture and the ‘Space, Territory, Literature’ seminar. The lecture was on ‘Geopolitics, Geopower, Geometrics’ and the morning of the seminar looked at … Continue reading →

I’ve had a few comments or questions on my lists of novels read. Some of these were on facebook or twitter, either now or when I’ve posted previous lists. So some quick responses: – why do you read so many … Continue reading →

Over the past few years I’ve been keeping lists of novels read. There are a few short story collections here, and a couple of histories, but it’s mainly novels. David Lodge, Therapy Mark Hadden, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time … Continue reading →

You can see the list from the first half of the year here. Those that I read in the second half of the year were (some brief thoughts follow): Amitay Ghosh, Sea of Poppies Rob Kitchin, Killer Reels Malcolm Bradbury, To the Hermitage Ox-Tales … Continue reading →

These are the novels I’ve read so far in 2013 (the picture is of some of them): John Grisham, The Pelican Brief Osamu Dazai, The Setting Sun Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., Slaughter-House Five Ahdaf Soueif, The Map of Love Patrick McGrath, Spider Jonathan Franzen, The Twenty-Seventh … Continue reading →